Part B :

The dragon boat festival was certainly livelier than the celebration of Christmas for Jess in the bridge to Terabithia. During the dragon boat festival, food consumed were Zong Zi a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. It is also a tradition to race dragon boat as the name of the festival suggests. Another common practice is to hang up icons of Zhong Kui, a mythic guardian figure. Zhong kui was a vanquisher of ghost and evil beings. Hanging up mugwort and calamus are some other practices done during dragon boat festival.
Jess’ Christmas was indeed very different from the dragon boat festival mentioned above.
Firstly, the celebration of his Christmas is different. Foods usually consumed during Christmas were not eaten during Jess’ Christmas celebration, instead only gifts were exchanged. On the other hand, during the dragon boat festival, no gifts were exchanged but traditional foods like zong zi are consumed. No races were completed during Jess’ Christmas but racing dragon boats are a tradition.